College football bowl picks: LSU and Clemson will reach the national championship game
The college football bowl season continues through Jan. 13 when the national championship will be decided in New Orleans. Here are The Times’ picks for the College Football Playoff semifinals and the remaining bowls. Peach Bowl: No. 1 Louisiana State vs. No. 4 Oklahoma, Saturday, ESPN, 1 p.m. PST The Sooners, trying to avoid three…
Classic at Damien: L.A. Windward is back healthy and defeats Liberty in opener
For the last two weeks, it was good to play L.A. Windward, which was missing 6-foot-8 Kijani Wright (illness) and point guard Dylan Andrews (injury). The Wildcats suffered their only two losses of the season in their absence. But they were back on Thursday for an opening game in the Platinum Division of the Classic…
Soccer on TV: What to watch this weekend
The English Premier League is the only top league in Europe that doesn’t pause for the holidays. The end of the calendar year marks the busiest time of the season for EPL teams, which will play nearly two dozen games over the next week. Here are a few worth watching this weekend: EPL: The holiday…
Girl dies on flight leaving LAX
A young girl died Thursday evening after a medical emergency — possibly cardiac arrest — on a flight out of Los Angeles International Airport, officials said. The plane returned to the gate and paramedics responded at 5:53 p.m. and “furiously worked to save her life,” according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. “Sadly, all efforts…
8 hurt as car plows into Southern California tribal hall
A car plowed into a Southern California tribal hall during a funeral Thursday, sending eight people to the hospital, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. at the tribal hall of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, near the desert community of Thermal, KESQ-TV reported. One person had serious injuries, three others had moderate…
Newsletter: Fires, blackouts and the year that was
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Dec. 27, and here’s a look at the year that was. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter We asked our readers to tell us about how this year’s headlines affected their lives, and more than 70 of you wrote in to share your experiences.…
For students with kids, college can be a lonely struggle. One program aims to help
Daisy Garcia’s small Van Nuys apartment doesn’t offer much space for her 9-month old daughter to crawl. So this 27-year-old college student brings her little one to a children’s play area at Los Angeles Valley College. Here, under the watchful eyes of child educators and caretakers, is where the baby girl lifts herself up to…
Brazil investigates attack over Netflix show 'The First Temptation of Christ'
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s police on Thursday were investigating a video on social media that shows a gasoline bomb attack targeting the makers of a Christmas program on Netflix that some critics have described as blasphemous. There were no injuries in the Christmas Eve attack on an empty video production house in Rio de Janeiro,…
Allee Willis, Hall of Fame songwriter and beloved L.A. eclectic, dead at 72
View this post on Instagram Do u remember…the 24th day of December….when the Queen of our jam called “September” was suddenly called away…..so no one told us life was gonna be this way (clap furiously 4 times) we burned doing the Neutron Dance in Boogie Wonderland…..she was an All American Girl from The D ….where…
What's on TV Friday: 'Craft in America'
Click:forged ball valve Click:truck tarpaulin SERIES Craft in America The episode “Quilts” kicks off a new season, profiling contemporary masters of quilting and documenting the role quilts play in America’s history. Susan Hudson, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Michael A. Cummings, Judith Content and special guest Ken Burns. 9 p.m. KOCE Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Host Guy…